咦
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Translingual
Han character
咦 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口大弓 (RKN), four-corner 65032, composition ⿰口夷)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3535
- Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 614, character 1
- Unihan data for U+54A6
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
咦 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 噫 sense 2 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 咦 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hril) : semantic 口 + phonetic 夷 (OC *lil).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yí
- Wade–Giles: i2
- Yale: yí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
- Palladius: и (i)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ji2 / ji4
- Yale: yí / yìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji2 / ji4
- Guangdong Romanization: yi2 / yi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː³⁵/, /jiː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
咦
- An interjection used to express confusion. huh?
- (Cantonese) Expression of disgust. ew
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Usage notes
- The first sense expresses a relatively neutral feeling.
- For the first sense, the vowel is short; for the second sense, the vowel is longer.
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: si
- Wade–Giles: hsi1
- Yale: syī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: xjij
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*hril/
Definitions
咦
- smiling
Japanese
Kanji
咦
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
咦 • (i, jae) (hangeul 이, 재, revised i, jae, McCune–Reischauer i, chae)
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Vietnamese
Han character
咦: Hán Nôm readings: gì, di, ri
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